THE OOLOGIST. 



22? 



Davie's Nests and Eggs 



OP 



NOfTTH AMERICAN BIRDS, 



Re- Written and Greatly Enlarged, with aa 



Introduction byj. Parker Norris, and Full 



Page Illustrations of Nests, etc. by 



Theodore Jasper, A. M., M. D., 



and W. Otto Emerson. 



This work Is descriptive of the Nests and Eggs 

 of the Land and Water Birds of North America, 

 which includes all the species known to exist— 

 those that occur or are Indigenous north o£ the 

 Southern United States boundary, Including 

 Greenland and the peninsula of Lower California. 



The breeding range of each species Is green, 

 the time of nesting, the exact number of eggs 

 laid, their color and size together with the chief 

 characteristics of the birds. 



The arrangement of the work Is according' to 

 the new nomenclature of the A. O. U. Code and 

 Check List, and the old numbers (Rldgeway^, 

 as used In former editions, are placed to the 

 right of each species. Throughout the text all 

 the common names of the birds are to be firand, 

 and a complete analytical index of t&ese la 

 g^ven. 



An invaluable book as an aid f or the Ideatm- 

 catlon of specimens to all those collecting la the 

 field. 



The work consists of 4T5 pages and 13 full page 

 illustrations. 



Paper Edition, $1.25; Cloth, $1.75. 



FRANK 



Orleans Co. 



H. LATTIN, 

 Sole Wholesale Agent; 

 Albion, M. E. 



SPECIAL. 



We have just received from the 

 bindery 50 copies of "Davie's" 

 bound in flexible cloth covers. As 

 long as they last we will send them 

 to our patrons for $1.40 per copy. 



Rare California Yiewg. 



Enclose stamp for catalogue. Sample c 

 views will be sent upon receipt of 25 cents. 



California Art Gallery, Santa Rosa, Cal. 



Cf\ D Q A I C A collection of bird egos, about 



lUn OfiLLi lot) var.and over S25 specimens; 

 instruments used in taxidermy and ooiiigy, climbing- 

 irons, microscope, books, papers, mailing boxes, etc., etc. 

 C. J. THOMSON, 746 North Twentieth St., Philadelphia. 



Sniiglitfle fortunes have been made a* 

 work for us, bv Anna Page, Austin, 

 as, ami .Inc.. Bonn, Toledo, Ohio. 

 cut. Others arc doingas well. Why 

 vuu? Some earn over $500.00 a 

 itli. You can do the work and live 

 fiat home, wherever you are. Even be- 

 Fginnera are easilv earning from $5 to 

 eloadny. All ages. Wcshowyouhow 

 and start you. Can work in spare time 

 or all the 'time. Big money for work- 

 ers. Failure unknown among them. 

 NEW and wonderful. Particulars free. 

 H.IIullcttcfc Co., ESor baOPtii'ilan(i,Maiue 



BBIDLED TEEN EGGS. 



In April '90 Oologist, we published the fol- 

 lowing notice: 



"Collectors having eggs of Bridled Tern that 

 they obtained direct from me, will please keep, 

 the same in their posession until a question 

 which has recently arisen, can be settled. 



My collector on the Bahamas was a man of 

 experience, and old army captain, and who. for. 

 the past dozen years, has spent from six to nine 

 months annually in active field work. In '88 

 and '89 he brought home from the Bahamas, 

 several skins of the Bridled Tern and a few eggs 

 which he postively identified as coming from 

 the same species. That my collector is honest 

 in his belief in the identity of the eggs, is un- 

 questionable, but one of the best, if not the 

 very best Oologists in the United States— or 

 the world for that matter— writes me that they 

 are not the eggs of the Bridled Tern. 



My collector is now in Central America some- 

 where and this matter cannot be straightened 

 until his retern which is not expected until 

 July, 



While I shall refuse to fill orders for eggs of 

 this species until his return. I shall also refuse, 

 to redeem any of the eggs that I have sold for 

 that species during the past eighteen months 

 until the matter can be straightened. Should 

 it be decided that the eggs are genuine, or 

 should it be decided otherwise, notice will be 

 given in the Oologist and I shall straighten 

 the matter to my patrons' entire satisfaction. "- 



The eggs have proved to be those of some 

 other species, but we now have, however, a 

 stock of genuine Bridled's and our patrons hav- 

 ing the spurious specimens obtained directly, 

 from us can return the same and we will send a 

 genuine specimen by next mail. 



Faithfully, 

 IBiNK H. LATTIN. 



Carr's Natural History and Bird Stores, 



Taxidermy, Bird Skins and Eggs, Shells, 

 Curios, Minerals, Fossils, Indian Relics and 

 Naturalists' Supplies : Singing and Fancy Birds, 

 Talking Parrots, Goldfish and Aquarium 

 Stock. 



New Catalogue will be out in Oct. — '90 Cata- 

 logues exhausted. 



C. F\ CARR. 

 Jetf Madison, Wis. 



